Commissioned by the Children’s Society, the survey also finds that schools are on the frontline of the mental health crisis but are crucially under-resourced – 77% of parents said their child’s school offers mental health support, but only 32% confirmed it was available full-time and 14% reported no provision at all.
The research involved 3,000 parents in England and Wales who have children aged between 4 and 17.
Of these 3,000, 38% said that they had at some point sought help for their child. Of these, 59% said they had received the help their child needed but 41% said they had not.
Furthermore, 36% of children who sought help independently did not get the support the needed.
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